Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)  ·  Contains:  NGC 253  ·  Sculptor galaxy
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Sculptor Galaxy, Rodney Watters
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Sculptor Galaxy

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Sculptor Galaxy

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The Sculptor Galaxy (NGC253) is located approximately 11.5 million light years from earth and is roughly 70,000 light years across. Compare this to our Milky Way Galaxy which is about 100,000 light years in diameter.

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Description: Reprocess of my NGC 253 image. Includes following steps:
* Change colour space to AdobeRGB
* Save in JPEG format because PNG does carry ICC profile
* Increased resolution of image
* Very slight sharpening of galaxy core
* Processing to try and bring out the outer halo around the galaxy
* Reduce size and brightness of larger stars

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Sculptor Galaxy, Rodney Watters